Review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) by Mark Kermode for The Observer (UK) — 01 Mar 2020
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (the French title uses the less Jamesian “jeune fille”) seamlessly intertwines themes of love and politics, representation and reality. At times it plays like a breathless romance, trembling with passionate anticipation.
Elsewhere, it seems closer to a sociopolitical treatise, what Sciamma has called “a manifesto about the female gaze”.
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This review of Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) was written by Mark Kermode and published by The Observer (UK) on 01 Mar 2020.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has generally received very positive reviews.
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